As per the information provided by the Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in Rajya Sabha on November 15th, there are about 6,000 teaching posts lying vacant and most of them are in Kendriya Vidyalayas. The figure provided is inclusive of higher education institutes like IITs, IIMs etc.
Major initiatives have been taken for filling up of the vacancies and temporary teachers have are also being appointed from time to time to fill the void.
Source: NDTV
